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M. KAUTH.

SUSPENDING AND DETAUHING DEVICE.

No. 333,757. Patented Jan. 5,1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARTIN KAUTH, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

SUSPENDING AND DETACHING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No 333,757, dated January 5, 1886.

Application filed November 30, 1885. Serial No.184,376. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, MARTIN KAUTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspending and Detaching Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. 7

My invention relates particularly to that class of suspending and detaching devices which are employed in hanging pictures or removing them from the walls, or for other analogous uses; and it consists ina certain improved construction, which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the longer side of my improved device. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the shorter side of my improved device. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a modified form. Fig. 4 shows my device provided with an auxiliary attachment. Fig. 5 is ahorizontal section taken in the line .1000 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings,a is the base, of hollow cylindrical form,adapted for the reception of the end of a pole or staff, b. From this base a extends upwardly and outwardly four prongs, c, 0, c", and a, and the tops of these prongs are each provided with a fork, 0. Between the forked prongs c" and c are the wide tapering spaces at d. Between the prongs c and a" and prongs c and c are the narrower tapering spaces d d.

The operation of the device just described is as follows: The pole or staff b is grasped in the hand, and any pair of the four prongs are passed up into the angle of the wire or cord by which the picture is suspended until the forked ends engage therewith,the nail or hook resting in the spaces d d or d d. In this manner the wire or cord can be readily disengaged and the picture removed from the nail orhook.

I am aware that a single pair of prongs with forked ends is old; but with my improved construction I obtain a device capable of much more extended and varied uses than the old form, as with my arrangement I have two sets of forked prongs, the ends of which are at different distances apart, thus adapting them for different angles in the suspending picture wire or cords, the angles varying as they do for different widths of pictures. Then, too, the space d d and d d between the sets of prongs are ofdifferentwidths,both being much larger in width than the forks 0*,whi0h adapts my device for use in stores where various articles are suspended from the ceiling by ropes or cords too large in diameter to fit within the forks c of the prongs. The forked ends of the prongs may be covered with leather or other suitable material to prevent injury to the walls or ceiling with which my device comes in contact, as shown in Fig. 4.

Where it becomes necessary to hold the pole or staff at an angle to remove a picture from the wall, or in case you do not wish to remove any furniture w hich may be below thepicture, the construction shown in Figs. 1 and2would not effect the purpose. To provide for this contingency, I have arranged theforked ends of the prongs in an inclined plane, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, which enables the device to be properly presented into the angle of the wall for the purpose desired.

When my improved device is to be employed in stores, where objects are to be hung or removed from the ceilings, and where a long reach is required, I have provided the construct-ion shown in Figs. 4 and 5, in which the base a is provided on its side with the triangular socket e. (More clearly shown in Fig. 5.) Into this socket is removably placed the elongated armf, atthe outer end of which is secured in an upright position a set offorked prongs similar to those at the end of the pole or staff b. By this means suspended articles are within easy reach from all points, and can be readily hung or removed from the ceiling.

As hereinbefore stated, I am aware that a single pair of prongs with forked ends is old, and I do not therefore claim such construction; but

What I do claim is 1. A suspendingand detaching device consisting of the two sets of prongs c, c, a, and 0 each provided at its end with the fork c, and having the spaces (1 d and d d between the prongs, the whole mounted upon a pole or staff, substantially as shown and described.

2. A suspending and detaching device having its two sets of forked prongs c 0 and c c 5 arranged in an inclined plane, substantially as and for the purpose stated.

3. A suspending and detaching device consisting of the two sets of prongs c c and 0' 0 each provided at its end with the fork c", and

I0 the arm f, secured to the base a,and havingat its outer end an auxiliary set ofprongs, substantially as and for the purpose stated.

4. A suspending and detaching device consisting of the arm f, secured at or near the up- I5 per end of a pole or staff, and provided at its MARTIN KAUTH.

WVitnesses:

THROOP MAsoN, W. T. MILLER. 

